Florida Releases Candy Testing Results Under Healthy Florida First Initiative

Also written as: press release · official January 26, 2026 press release

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• supports “Comparable arsenic concentration figures were listed for certain Hershey products including Jolly Ranchers and…
• supports “The Florida Department of Health released results under the Healthy Florida First initiative from testing 46 candy…
• supports “The Florida Department of Health framed the findings as information for families about products widely marketed to…
• supports “A child could reach the state's annual safe‑exposure figure by eating one movie‑theater box of Nerds, four pieces of…
• supports “The Florida Department of Health reported concentrations in the hundreds of parts per billion for several Ferrara Candy…
• supports “Arsenic was detected in 28 of the tested candy products.

Origin: first recognised while reading Florida Department of Health finds arsenic in Ferrara candies like Nerds and Laffy Taffy at levels that can exceed a child's yearly safe intake in one box or a few pieces, leading to dismissed disclosure lawsuits · 2026-10-12 00:23